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A review by timinbc
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
5.0
Steampunk supernatural detective in 1912 Cairo - what's not to like?
By sheer coincidence, this is the third straight book I've read that took me to Cairo. Is there a message I'm missing?
Clark shows a mastery of the novella length, dropping us in a world where of course things are as they are and getting right on with it. Hamed's a bit of an observer character, but Onsi makes up for it.
Onsi was a bit dual, though - bright young lad mixed with annoying nerd. In a novel length I'd want the author to decide which.
Plot is credible, developments believable, secondary characters good. Not without humour.
I'll read another of these, and I'll be looking for a novel eventually.
By sheer coincidence, this is the third straight book I've read that took me to Cairo. Is there a message I'm missing?
Clark shows a mastery of the novella length, dropping us in a world where of course things are as they are and getting right on with it. Hamed's a bit of an observer character, but Onsi makes up for it.
Onsi was a bit dual, though - bright young lad mixed with annoying nerd. In a novel length I'd want the author to decide which.
Plot is credible, developments believable, secondary characters good. Not without humour.
I'll read another of these, and I'll be looking for a novel eventually.